Packing-box.



- No. 859,329. PATENTED JULY 9,1907.

- o. P. MoMULLEN.

PACKING BOX.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 16, 1907.

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CHARLES P. MCMULLEN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

PACKING-B ox.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. July 9, 1907-.

Application filed March 15,1907. Serial No. 362.444.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLESP. MCMULLEN, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Packing- Boxes, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to packing boxes for ,piston rods, valve rods and like devices, and the object thereof is to provide an improved device of this class which is adapted for use in connection with piston rods, and valve rods or stems whether the same be lon- I gitudinally movable or rotatable in operation, and which may also be applied to either hydraulic or steam cylinders, steam throttle valves, turbine apparatus or other apparatus employing water, steam, gas or air; a further object being to provide a packing box which is so constructed that it may be applied to the cylinder of a steam operated pump, or to the cylinder, valve casing or any corresponding part of a steam, hydraulic,- air pressure or similar apparatus or machine without 1 disconnecting or dismantling the parts of the machine or engine, whereby a new packing box or packing may be applied to an apparatus of the class specified, or a new packing box substituted for an old one whenever desired, at a minimum of expense and with the.

least possible loss of time; a further object being to provide a packing box of the class' described which contains a compressible packing movable longitudinally in the chamber of the packing box and operated upon in one direction by pressure in the cylinder, valve casing, or other device or apparatus to which the packing box is applied and which may be operated upon in the opposite direction by air under atmospheric pressure whereby a perfectly secure and tight packing is produced with a minimum of expense;-

and with these and other objects in view the invention consists in a device of the class specified constructed as hereinafter described.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which;

Figure 1 is a sectional side view of one end of a hydraulic or steam cylinder provided with one form of my improved packing box, the section of the packing box being taken on the line 11 of Fig. 2; Fig. 2 I a section onthe line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 a section on the line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 a section on the line 44 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 a side view of a floating or,

movable packing ring which I employ; Fig. 6 a side view of a fibrous packing ringwhich I employ; Fig. 7

a view similar to Fig. l but showing another form of construction; Fig. 8 a view similar to Fig. 7 but showing a modification thereof; and, Fig. 9 a side view of a floating packing disk employed in the con-.

reference being made to the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive, I have shown at a one end of a 4 cylinder which may be either a hydraulic cylinder,

a steam cylinder, or an air or gas cylinder, and in which is placeda piston a provided with a rod a and in the practice of my invention, I provide a packing box bwhich is of the following construction. The base member or casing b of the packing box is of the usual form and is provided with ,an annular flange by which it is secured to the head of the cylinder a in the usual manner and the central opening b in the bottom of the base member b of the packing box is larger in diameter than the piston rod a Within the base member or casing b of the packing box is placed a supplemental casing 0 having a flange or rim '0 and divided longitudinally into two separate similar parts as clearly shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4, and the separate parts of the flange or rim 0 are provided with laterally directed lugs or projections 0 by which said parts are secured together, and the inner end portion of the separate parts of the casing c are also provided with longitudinally directed lugs or projections 0 through which are passed bolts which also serve to secure the separate parts of said casing 0 together, and the inner end of said casing c is provided with longitudinally arranged ports or pas sages 0 shown in full lines in Fig. 1 and indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

The packing box I) also involves the usual gland member d and the outer end of the casing c is provided with an annular groove 0 in which the inner end of the gland member 01 fits, and said gland member is preferably provided with longitudinally arranged ports or passages d which form a communication between the casing c and the atmospheric air, and the gland member d is provided with an annular flange (1 through which are passed bolts or screws (1 provided with nuts d and d by means of which the casing c is secured to the base member b of the packing box, andthe gland member (I to the casing c.

Within the casing c is placed a longitudinally movablesleeve e whichis shorter than the casing 13, and the inner end portions thereof arebeveled out or cut out to form conical packing chambers e in the casing ewhich are separated by an inwardly directed central annular rib e in the sleeve 6 and in which are placed fibrous packing rings or disks f which are saturated with paraffin or other preservative material whereby they are preserved against the operation of liquids or gases of any kind or class, and one of which is shown in Fig. 6. The sleeve e being shorter than the casing c, the outer end portions of the packing iireinbers e are cylindrical in form and placed. therein are floating or movable metal packing disks 9 one of which is shownin Fig. 5.

The sleeve 0, ,the movable metal packing disks g, and the packing rings or disks f are all composed of separate parts, as shown, and in practice the adjacent faces of the separate parts of the sleeve 0 are provided, one with dowel pins e and the other with sockets e to receive said dowel pins, whereby said parts of said sleeve are connected and the separate parts of the floating or movable metal packing disks 9 are connected by counter-sunk cross plates g as shown Figs. 3 and 5.

It will be observed that the holes or apertures in the flange or rim 0 of the casing c and the flange or rim d of the gland (1 through which the bolts or screws d are passed are larger than said bolts or screws, and the method of assembling the parts of the packing box i shown in Figs. 1 te l inclusive is as follows. The chief object of this form of construction is to provide a packing which may be applied to the cylinders of hydraulic, steam or similar apparatus, or to throttle .valve casings or similar devices, without dismantling or disconnecting the parts oi, the apparatus or machine, and it will be understood that in such cases the apparatus or machine has already been provided with a packing box involving the base member b and gland member d, and

in this case all that is necessary is to loosen the gland d and move it longitudinally on the piston rod a take out the packing originally placed in the base member b of the packing box, assemble the parts of the supplemental casing c on the rod 11 and secure them together, place the'part's of the inner floating or movable packing disk g on the rod a and secure them together and insert said disk into the supplemental casing c, assemble the separate parts of the packing disks or rings f in the inner conical packing chamber 1; on the rod a and insert them into the casing c, assemble the separate parts of the sleeve e and insert said sleeve into said casing c, assemble the separate packing disks or rings f in the outer conical chamber e on the rod a and insert them into said chamber, connect the separate parts of the outer floating or movable packing disk g on the rod a and secure them together and insert said disk into the cas-' ing a, slide said casing a into the base member b of the packing box, in which operation the screws (1 secured in the base member I) of the packing box pass through the corresponding openings in the flange or rim 4: of the casing c, screw down the nuts d onto said flange or rim and then slide the gland d onto the bolts d and screw on the nuts d ontosaid bolts.

In placing the fibrous packing rings or disks f in position, as above described, they are so arranged that the separate parts thereof will break joints, and when the separate parts of the packing have been assembled and secured in the base member b of the packing box 12, the lugs c at the inner end of the casing c prevent said end of said casing from striking the'bottom of the base member b of the packing box, and this forms a chamber h in the bottom of the base member b of the packing box which chamber is in communication with the interior of the cylinder :1 through the central opening 1) through which the rod a of thepiston passes, and in the outward movement of the piston 11 the steam, gas, air, water or other material in said piston passes into the chamber h and through the ports or passages c in the inner end of the casing c and operating on the floating packing disk g forces the entire packing in the casing c outwardly or toward the outer end of said casing, and in this operation the fibrous packing disks or rings f are compressed on the rod a and in connection with the sleeve 0 and a perfectly tight packing is thus produced. When the piston 11* moves inwardly, in the cylinder a, the elastic quality of the packing disks or rings f force the floating packing disk 9 back into the position shown in Fig. 1 and this operation is aided by atmospheric air passing through the ports or passages d in the gland d, if said ports or passages are employed. The employment of the ports or passages in the gland d is not, however, absolutely essential, and, if said ports or passages are employed in repairing an old packing box, as hereinbefore .described, they must be bored in said gland while the same is on the rod a or else it would be necessary to dismantle the pump or other apparatus so as to take the gland off of said rod. It will be observed, that the entire packing in the casing 0 including the sleeve e, the fibrous disks or ringsf, and the floating metal disks 9 are movable longitudinally in said casing, and by reason of this construction the movement and compression of the fibrous packing rings or disks f by pressure thereon from the-cylinders is facilitated as is also the expansion of the said packing rings or disks f when the piston 0 moves backwardly in the cylinder a.

In Fig. 7, I have shown my improvement applied to an ordinary packing box made in the usual manner,

and in this figure the part 11 represents the head of a cylinder in which is placed the piston a having the rod 11 In this case the packing boxas a whole is designated by the reference charactert' and the main or base member 1? thereof, is provided in the bottom thereof, with ports or passages i which communicate directly with the interior oi'the cylinder and the gland y is screwed directly onto the base member 1' of the packing box, or may be connected therewith in any desired manner, and said gland is also provided with ports or passages 9' which i'orni a communication b tween the interior of the part 1" of the packing boxand the atmospheric air. In this case the packing sleeve 2, fibrous packing rings or parts f and metal floating packing disks g are also employed, the said sleeve, the fibrous packing members and the :floating metal packing disk g are formed integrally, or in other words are not formed of separate parts adapted to be connected when assembled on the rod a In this form of construction, the rod a may fit snugly in the spot time i in the base or part i of the packing box through which said rod a passes, and the pressure from the cylinder which operates on the corresponding floating packing disk g passes directly through the ports or passages i and the packing in the packing box is compressed in the same .manner,- as hereinbeiore described, with reference to the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 4. In this'form of construction, the p'ortsor passages j in the gland j may ,be omitted, if desired. but I prefer to employ the same as the atmospheric pressure operating through said ports or passages would aid in moving the packing backwardly or in the direction of the cylinder when the piston a moves away from the packing box.

The construction shown in Fig. 9 is exactly the same I as that shown in Fig. 7, except that the gland j is connected with the base member i of the packing box 1' in the same manner as in the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 3. In this case, however, the inner float ing packing disk g is provided on the cylinder side thereof with lugs or projections g which prevent the said disk from striking the bottom of the base member 1' of the packing box, and this forms a chamber 7:: between said disk and the bottom of the base member 2' of the packing box and the aperturei through which the rod (1 of the isto n a asses is made lar er than said P P a rod and the steam, water, gas or other substance in the cylinder passes through the aperture '5 into the chamher I: and compresses the packing in the packing box in the same manner as in the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and in Fig. 7. This form of construction, namely, that shown in Figs. 8 and 9 enables me to apply my improved packing to an old style of pack ing box without boring the ports or passages as shown in Fig.7, but in applying the form of packing box shown in Fig. 7, or in making a packing box of this style the ports or passages 11 are bored before the packing box is connected with the cylinder.

With the construction shown in Figs. 8 and 9, my improved packing may be applied to an. old box already in use by dismantling the pump or other apparatus without boring the ports or passages 1' shown in Fig. 7, and this is a great advantage, under certain circumstances, as the ports or passages i cannot be bored without-leaving clippings or drillings in the cylinder which would have to berremoved therefrom before the apparatus could be used.

In all the forms of construction, it will be seen that the actual packing employed, namely, the sleeve e, the fibrous packing disks, rings or members f and the floating packing disks 9 are employed and this packing is adapted to be compressed by pressure from the cylinder operatingthrough the ports or passages i in Fig. 7, or through the aperture b in Figs. 1 and 3, or through the aperture 1' in Fig. 8.

In this way, I provide a packing box, the packing in which is compressed at each stroke of the piston in the direction of the packing box and released or expanded during the opposite movement of said piston, and in this operation the packing is moved longitudinally of the packing box and the fact thatfthe packing members f are made of fibrous material facilitates this operation and renders the same very effective and practical.

My invention, however, is not limited to the use of disks 'or rings f of packing material as the packing chambers in the packing box formed bythe sleeve e and the base member of said packing box may be filled in with fibrous cords wound around the. rod (1 or fibrous packing material'may be secured or placed in said chambers in any desired manner, and although, I have shown my improvement applied to a cylinder adapted tocontain steam, water, gas or air, and provided. with a piston having a rod passing through the packing box, it will be apparent that my said improvement may be appliedto packing boxes for valve stems applied to valve casings or to the corresponding parts of turbine apparatus or similar apparatus of any kind or class. i

By making the packing f of fibrous material and saturating it with parafiin, or similar preservative substance, the said material is not only preserved buti'is given a quality which renders it elastic and expansive 1. A packing box for piston rods, valve rods and the like adapted to be connected with a cylinder, valve casing or the like, said packing box comprising a base member and a gland, and a sleeve which is placed in and is shorter than said main chamber and the ends of which are beveled out to form in connection with the walls of the main chamber two conical packing chambers, and fibrous packing material placed in said conical packing chambers, said fibrous packing" material being saturated with paraflin or other-preservative substance, and. said sleeve and said fibrous packing material being movable longitudinally of the main packing chamber, and said sleeve and said fibrous packing material being adapted to be moved in one direction and the fibrous packing material compressed by pressure applied in one end of the main packing chamber from the cylinder or valve casing.-

2. A packing box for piston rods, valve rods and the like adapted to be connected with a cylinder, valve casing or the like, said packing box comprising a base member and'a gland, and a sleeve which is placed in and is shorter thansaid main chamber and the ends of which are beveled out to form in connection with the walls of the main chamber two conical packing chambers, and fibrous packing material placed in said conical packing chambers, said fibrous packing material being saturated with paraifin 01' other preservative substance, and said sleeve and said fibrous packing material being movable longitudinally of the main packing chamber, and said sleeve and said fibrous packing material being adapted to be moved in one direction and the fibrous packing material compressed by pressure applied in one end of the main packing chamber from the cylinder or valve casing, the opposite end of the main packing chamber being in communication with the atmospheric air through portsor passages in the gland of the packing box.

3. A packing box for piston rods, valve rodsand the like adapted to be connected with a cylinder, valvecasing or the like, said box being provided with a main chamber,

a longitudinally movable sleeve which'is placed in and is shorter than said main chamber and the ends of which are beveled out to form in connection with the walls of said main chamber two conical packing chambers, the base of one of which is directed toward the cylinderjvalve casing or the like and the base of the other toward the gland of the packing box, fibrous packing material placed lnsaid conical packing chambers, said packing material being 'sgturated with paraffin or other preservative substance; and movable disks placed in the base or larger end por tions of said conical packing chambers, said sleeve, said disks and saidpacking material being movable longi tudinally of the main packing chamber and said parts being adapted-to be moved in one direction-and the fibrous packing matenial compressed. b pressure applied thereto from the cylinder or valve casing and operating on the adjacent movable disk.

4. A packing .box for piston rods, valve rods and the like adapted to be connected with a cylinder, valve casing or the like, said box being provided. with a main chamber, a longitudinally movable sleeve which is placed in and shorter than said main chamber and the ends of -which are beveled out to form in connection with the walls of said main chamber two conical packing chambers, the base of one of which is directed toward the cylinder, valve casing or the like and the base of the other toward the gland of the pricking box, fibrous packing material placed in said conical packing chambers, said packing material being saturated with parafiln or other preservative substance,

5. A packing box for piston rods,,valve rods and the like adapted to be connected with a cylinder, valve casing or the like, said box being provided with a main chamber, a longitudinally movable sleeve, which is placed in and shorter than said main chamber and the ends of which arebeveled out to form in connection with the walls of said main chamber two conical packing chambers, the base of one of which is directed toward the cylinder, valve casing or the like and the base of the other toward the gland of the packing box, fibrous packing material placed in said conical packing chambers, said packing material being saturated with parafiin or other preservative substance, and movable disks placed in the base or largen end portions of x said conical packing chambers, said sleeve, said 'disks and said packing material being movableJongitudinally of the main packing chamber and said parts being adapted to be moved in one direction and the fibrous packing material compressed by pressure applied thereto from the cylinder or valve casing and operating on the adjacent movable disk through ports or-passages formed in the base member of the packing box, the gland of the packing box being also provided with ports or passages forming a communication between the adjacent, conical packing chamber and the atmospheric air.

0. A packing box for piston rods, valve rods and the like adapted to be connected with a cylinder, valve casing or the like and composed of a base member, a gland and a casing divided longitudinally into two parts and adapted to fit in the base member and to be held therein by said gland, the inner end of said casing being closed and the outerend thereof open and adapted to be closed by said gland, said casing forming a main packing chamber, and a sleeve divided longitudinally into two parts and which is placed in and is shorter than said main chamber and movable longitudinally thereof and the ends of which .are bev eled out so as to form in connection with the walls of said casing two conical packing chambers, the base of one of which'is in the direction of the cylinder or valve casing and the base of the other in the direction of the gland of the packing box, fibrous packing material placed in said -conical packing chambers, said fibrous packing material being saturated with paraffin or other preservative substance, and movable disks placed in the base or larger end portions of said conical packing chambers and composed of separate connected parts,.said sleeve; said packing material and said disks being movable longitudinally of said main packing chamber and said parts being adapted to be moved in one direction and the fibrous packing material compressedby pressure applied thereto from the cylinder or valve casing and operating on the adjacent movable disk.

7. A packing box for piston rods, valve rods and the likeiadapted to be connected with a cylinder, valvecasing or the like and composed of a base member, a gland and a casing divided longitudinally into two parts and adapted to [it in the base member and to be held therein by said gland, the inner end of said casing being closed and the outer end thereof open and adapted to be closed by said gland, said casing forming a main packing chamber, and a sleeve divided longitudinally into two parts and which is placed in and is shorter than said main chamber and movable longitudinally thereof and the ends of which are beveled out so as to form in connection with the walls of said casing two conical packing chambers, the base of one of which is in the direction of the cylinder or valve casing and the base of the other in the direction of the gland of the packing box, fibrous packing material placed in said conical packing chambers, said fibrous packing material being saturated with paraffin or other preservative substance, and movable disks placed in the base or larger end portions of said conical packing chambers and composed of separate connected parts, said sleeve, said packing material and sald,disks being movable longitudinally of said main packing chamber and said parts being adapted .to be moved in one direction and the fibrous packing material compressed by pressure applied thereto from the cylinder or valve casing and operating on the adjacent movable disk, the gland of the packing box being also provided with ports or passages forming a communication between the outer conical packing chamber and the atmospheric air.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my-name in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 9th day of March 1907.

CHARLES P. MCMULLEN.

Witnesses C. E. MULREANY, A. WORDEN GIBBS. 

